Results, 隔靴掻痒 #n

隔靴掻痒【かっかそうようkakkasouyou】

noun:

  • being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch - four character idiom

もっとmotto単刀直入にtantouchokunyuuni言ってitteくれないkurenaiかなkana。隔靴掻痒kakkasouyouのno感kanなきにしもあらずnakinishimoarazuだdaよyo。 You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?

Kanji definition:

隔
常用中学校JLPTN1

カクKAKU・へだてるheda.teru・へだたるheda.taru

isolate; alternate; distance; separate; gulf

Strokes:
13
Radical:
阝阜⻖ mound
SKIP:
1-2-10
UTF:
9694
JIS208:
19-54
Hangul:
격 [gyeog]
Pinyin:
gé
Stroke order:
Example words:
間隔【かんかくkankaku】
space; interval; SPC
隔離【かくりkakuri】
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
隔たり【へだたりhedatari】
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
隔てる【へだてるhedateru】
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide; / to interpose; to have between; / to alienate; to estrange
遠隔【えんかくenkaku】
distant; remote; isolated
靴
常用中学校JLPTN3

カKA・くつkutsu

shoes

➜
鞾
Strokes:
13
Radical:
革 leather
SKIP:
1-8-4
UTF:
9774
JIS208:
23-4
Hangul:
화 [hwa]
Pinyin:
xuē
Stroke order:
Example words:
靴【くつkutsu】
shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
靴下【くつしたkutsushita】
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
革靴【かわぐつkawagutsu】
leather shoes; leather boots
靴屋【くつやkutsuya】
shoemaker; shoe store
長靴【ながぐつnagagutsu】
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
掻

ソウSOU・かくka.ku

scratch; rake; comb; paddle; behead

➜
搔
Strokes:
11
Radical:
手扌龵 hand
SKIP:
1-3-8
UTF:
63bb
JIS208:
33-63
Hangul:
소 [so]
Pinyin:
sāo
Stroke order:
Example words:
掻き回す【かきまわすkakimawasu】
to stir up; to churn; to ransack; to disturb
掻き氷【かきごおりkakigoori】
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; Sno-cone; snow cone
掻き消える【かききえるkakikieru】
to disappear
汗を掻く【あせをかくasewokaku】
to perspire; to sweat
犬掻き【いぬかきinukaki】
dog paddle (swimming style); doggy paddle
痒

ヨウYOU・かゆがるkayu.garu・かさkasa・かゆいkayu.i

itchy

Strokes:
11
Radical:
疒 sickness
SKIP:
3-5-6
UTF:
75d2
JIS208:
65-58
Hangul:
양 [yang]
Pinyin:
yǎng
Stroke order:
Example words:
歯痒い【はがゆいhagayui】
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned; vexed
痒がる【かゆがるkayugaru】
to complain of itching; to be bothered by an itch (or rash, etc.); to feel itchy; to have an itch (or rash, etc.); to itch
掻痒【そうようsouyou】
itch; pruritus; / amyctic; pruritic; itchy; irritating
痛痒【つうようtsuuyou】
pain and itching; / mental anguish; unhealthy emotions
痛し痒し【いたしかゆしitashikayushi】
delicate situation; choice of two evils; mixed blessing

Kanji

隔

カクKAKU・へだてるheda.teru・へだたるheda.taru

isolate; alternate; distance; separate; gulf

靴

カKA・くつkutsu

shoes


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